Rotary engine.



A A INVENTOR J/ZW'M I PATENTED OUT. 29. 1907. T VEITGH ROTARY ENGINE.

APIIIGATION FILED 001 e, 1906 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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a fwd ATTORN No. 869,339. PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

T. VEITGH.

ROTARY ENGINE.

APPLIOATION rum) 00 1. 0, mos

2 SHEETS-$HEET 2 I Fly 3.

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A INVENTOR 5 $5M wag EY I 7 ,5 ATTORN ASSIGNOR TO liTERNATIONAL PATENT l'rrl KOTA.

W JERSEY, A CORPORATTON O1" SOUTH IROT AEY ENGIENE.

Specification of Letters intent.

Eatentec Oct. 29, 1907.

Application til'ul tc ohm i}, 1958. Snrittl llo. 337,7J8.

t'illi'itl to dcsign a valychw ongino or. inoic corict'tly. an ouginc, ha ing thmcnia oi a tit uhlo luni'tion. that is in tinmm casc. having illi' function of \:il\c in tho ordinary aonao and also rho function ot tho piston or a part of tho tton oi an cngiutx 'll'uprom-tit iu'ri-nlion. in \"ar'rying out this ohjoct. compriars a Stat iouary cyliiulcr casing of oral or tlll pl iishapoil cross a-ction Willi liu" usual min -in and i'xhaust oi ongiiu-a of tho c.\1 l aivc vointuotion typo. and a rota- Iahlc l'ltllltnl haying nositiyt ly optratcd radially rc ciprofatii'ig nu-iuhora. acting altornatoly as pistons anti 'valycs. 'lhosc (louhlo tunrtional mcmhcrs arc connectod in pairs l y a lougltlink nrrangourcnt and 1H'('(()Ylj\l gem, \vlurr by tho motion o! thipairs is so rcgulatetl that ttu-ir comhinod longth rioa irom ilti smallest tllamour of thooyal hapi d r'yliutlcr (w ng lo tho lill'fllr'l. 'lhicn iino is of tilt [our cynic typo and its oporatii'c into iour flll'llllll comnartuiouts, oorrospontliug to tho [our cyolos oi lhc orwralion iii an cugin-u of that charactcr, that is suction, coiupro .-ion, t-xpausion and t-xhaustion. Only ono oi thosc coinparimcuis i1- tum ltlltl with a sparki lug o that tho ('Xt'lim'luH followcd l y tho (\ltLUiSlt'i. ot' tho oxniosiyc inixturc takcs placo only in thi ('UlllPill'tllltlli. Arrangcun-nts arc also mado for advancing or rclariliug th momont of tho oxpr tsioiL to that with suituhliwichan sc oi tho lunctiou t lilo inlot and t-xhaust nncninga ol tho cylintlcr, th dircciion of rotation of tho ongino may ho TiVtFSii'l.

'lhc present inv -ntiou is illustrrttotl in tho it'll icul cross Section: at right anartying drawl l iguroa t rind 2 arc Va 3105 to tho: of tho illgillth an i Fig. 3 is a. sidi- (lovatiou, purtiall in suction of tho same, in linc A of A casing l ruminants tho'oylinrlor of thov rotary on gino, it is oval or olliptic in croro section and of a longth to contain it suitahlo piston of the rotary typo, (hi5 casing r upon a suith'lo support or foundation 1!. ho cylindcr may in.- surrounilotl by a \vatci' juclu-t 13, for a purpose \Y( ll kuunn in tho art. I

-'l inilicatt-s lhu iulot or taker-in and 5 ihc oullot or c?-; hausr, ot ihv ongrino. 'lho that is ('Hllllttiltl to tho usual mixing chauihor, in which hydroc: il7((l liquids anlHlXtil with a tit-i n! ainountot at- !nosplu-ric air, to tiroduco a suitahlo ox losivo rnixturc.

'lho cntls oi tho cylindi-r arc closoti hy tho cylinder l hcads 6 and 7, Fttllfltl to tlu- (using by mcans or RCYOWS S, and forming u homing l for thrpiston shalt ll of the sot-urod thoroto a dial: ll, carrying a rotary piston. "ihis'piston consists of four auctions l3. rfluittl to the disk .11 by scrcw holta :2 in such a mannoi that thc acc tions arc locntcd cquidistant from thc axis of the oni ginc and cquiclistant from each cthcr so that hollow t spams, and morc particularly one control space and 1 four radial apart-s arc lormoil hctwcon tho st'ctionn. t Thcscctions may he hollow and communicate hy means "uitahlo opcniugs with tho outcr air, in) the purp so i.ot' flailing tho pi ton, or may ho suit-ahly councctcd to at 1 hollow piston for tho purposo of \vatcr croling thc pishilt.

The radial spaces form the hearings for tho rcciprocating m cmhcrs 14, which are moving in a radial clircrv ti'ui to and from the axis of tho ongiuo Those rncm i licrs cxtend from Lnll l0 cud of tho piston and gliilc along the inner wall of tho ongino heads 6 and 7, which arc prm idcd with annular puclzingr m insure'gastight contact lictwccn thc rotating piston and the stationary cylindor hcads. In ordcr t0 iusurc gastight inclosure of tho individual comparimcnts, hcrotolorc mentioned in tho statcmcut of tho invcniion, mo 15. members 16 Mb placcd in suitable boar-lugs at the poriphoml end of tho reciprocating members ll. 'Ihcsirocking ele- Illtlliii arc (l!,'SlgXi0(l to conform to any of the curves at any of the points of the intcrior surface of the casing of thocngino, and it will now be soon that at any position of tho engine four entirely airtight compartnicnts are tor-mod, one corrosponding to each of tho piston soclions. The Contact surfaccs of the rocking; i-lemcnts and tho interior of the cylindcr casing: are suitably ground in order to insure airtight and pcriuct inclosurc. 'lhc inucr code of the reciprocating. nionihcrs are conlUt'tOLl hy it scricn; of. toggle-links l7,-which do not extontl thicntirc longth of tho piston. Ono of the compartments, preferably tho one on the top of tho nginc, is provided with thousuol spark plug 18.

Aa alrcady statcd hcrotot'orc, tho piston sectionsfthe rcciprocating members and rocking clchionts in com junction with the inner Wall of tho cylinrlcr casing form four compartments. The ouhic contents of thcsq compartments varies from a minimum, \i'hen the central planes of two diametrically opposite compartments tral pianos arc locatcd horizontally. The rocking iucmhcrs arc of such iliincnsions as to exactly clbs'c tho inlci. and outlot of tlufirngino, and it will bc seen, that if an, arrow in tho Figs 1 and 2, the compartmonton the loft lldiKl'HldP of the drawing has just rcceiycd"0r suclu-rl in a full charge of the explosive mixture, and as t the compartment diminishes its ubic contcntsthrough are located vcrtical y, to a maximum, when their concnginc. 'lho slightly protruding end of thc hail. 10 has I:

1 05 tho ongiuc should rotate in tho iliroction indicated by i rdtatioxl of the 'pisi'on as i115 icafiefi I charge and Wiii reach a minimum. 0; 101mm and v ccinpression of the F L iosive chzuge in the 1....931 this Computing, is e-it be top of the; am e, Wham, as 110 (.i, a spmi. plug is in- The (z'iehitric ci1 mining this piug, is 50 ii-Luci as is: cause a s}? when the of the compzrriia L nus pusscd the s Lric p11 ce n the 0 i0n resulting fi m-5511 11; wili. impgl'se j iinsi; ihe mciprocating meriibc-rs wad of the compm 11cm and in the direction of the ii wiii be seen that in Q19 in L1 reunion, maximum of volume. r: adv-Aiming rociprmrzii g lumber and. its rocie mg dame iv i'miuiwn res 1-?) p i110 xhaust ii-Piling 0f the 011g mix the gases be removed from the 1c arid this colnpiu'imoni is mil 1 again LO rm: another expiusive ninngg, is soon as, in the c m-ire of upvi'ation, it again romrhvs Lhf) iakedn opening of Lil!) 'L-- whine.

, ii; of the engine shows that imsiiiveiy :iuv i, th

wing concatenate. For 0:10 iii-i: shay pass once iin'migh i110 iaigcsz. Fin-:1 Once luougii @114: simiicsu a mi l 0 "i: of the c012i; )s,ri1inenis I to the ieur cycles 7 we, 51E; 6mm are our compartments and Duly one spark plug, it will be seeniimt our opemiive impulses will a cfi against the piston (luring me l'evoiution only.

As new and useful is claimed and desired to be se-- 1. In cnzni Luci \Yiiii said ciwizig and cuufm'ming to the c imfiguriltion 'ui'flzcc of said casing over a substantial nilufiil, ii casing oi elliptic cross section, a iliQiLiiL a piui 'Ly of c0ncate- 5 awn, and :1 we :1 eivnmut on each member and 1121*! a face in travel ing ccnmci (\Iilll said c "mg and come ning to the configuration (if the contacting surface 01" said ciising ove-i :subsi'zmiinl vxiout of the same.

1 combiunficin with a casing of eiiiptic cross see- ."i pistuu ceuii'uiiy ioczite therein, an inlet and outlet in said "ng, :1 plurality 0f radially reciprocating on said pistau, i1 rocking element on each member (H115 contact with suid caslug over: a subn1 oi. sui't'zme m d "Ga ned to uitvinateiy close :1 iniut and outlet. I

Y0 in the county of New York am": State 0; Jew York, this 3rd day of Gctobei', D. 1906.

THOMAS YEITCII. 

